Updates at a Shocking Rate

Yes I've read two more books and already wrote up my remarks. Utterly shocking I know.

All in all, I found Stardust to be charming but with a pout I say abbreviated. Little was left untold, but ... but- still so smoothly done that you still want more, please. It’s wrong to hope for some of the teaser tales to be built upon later, like how Tristan was almost a town bard, about the Fellowship of the Castle, and Yvaine saved them from being enslaved by goblins. All of which are told in passing, to have the reader yearn for details that would have made the book delay its point unfortunately and bloat it into the vicinity of 700 pages. Most people hate unnecessary details, but I hate being teased.

I could almost say that you could hand this book to a middle schooler, but I don't think most parents would appreciate the one use of the 'f' and seeing a little 'f'. Relatively small part in the story, but hey its there.

Son of a Witch by contrast would have more meaning to the philosophical high school student or collegiate. Intrigue still runs afoot in Oz, and Liir is in the thick of it surprisingly. The most modern Victorian fairytale of all is what Maguire writes in his own unique voice. Wicked was a scathing satire, and Son picks up the pace but drops off the observations. There is still a lot to say here, and with Maguire, there is no hint of where the story will eventually lead you unless you read ahead.